tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49655355356850675942017-09-08T01:09:59.436+01:00Munchy's PlaceI hope you'll enjoy the journey through my life with me :-)Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-82307869225065427072013-04-13T14:18:00.000+01:002013-04-14T18:47:20.907+01:00My First: laparoscopic cholecystectomyWell, that sounds impressive doesn't it!lol All it means really is that I had my Gallbladder removed via keyhole surgery this week! I thought I would share this week with my friends this way, it saves me explaining what happened a few times and might make interesting reading to someone looking up the subject online as well :-)
As you all know a few weeks ago I had an ERCP which removed a load ofKim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-53861189946186815812013-03-23T15:49:00.000+00:002013-03-23T15:49:41.849+00:00My First: ERCPAs most of you know this week I was in hospital to have an ERCP done to remove some gallstones which had left my gallbladder and become stuck in my bile duct. I was a little concerned when I went in as even with all the research I'd done about this procedure, I still wasn't exactly sure what would happen to me.
After getting my bed, having my vitals checked and being decked out in a gown it Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-61780640181258991062013-03-16T10:29:00.001+00:002013-03-16T10:30:44.867+00:00My First: Percy Pig Easter Egg!Now I'm sure most of you can remember how disappointed I (and a few of you too) were last year when these all sold out very quickly and we were left pig-less at Easter! Well, thank you very much to M&S, they have them back this year and when we went there last night there were loads of them in stock, and since it's only 2 weeks till Easter I managed to persuade Dave to buy me one.
I know I wontKim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-61282801248656173662013-03-06T16:49:00.001+00:002013-03-06T16:49:50.797+00:00My First: Burned iron :-(I'm the sort of person who actually enjoys ironing, I find it relaxing (I know many of you don't and no, I wont do yours for you, I have enough of my own to do thanks!lol) but today I had a major problem with my ironing. Part of the way through ironing a delicate shirt I must have nudged the heat dial higher as when I checked after, it was set a lot higher than I had when I started so yep, it Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-20977076900877394752013-02-17T20:36:00.001+00:002013-02-17T20:36:05.616+00:00My First: iPad GameThis one is entirely Zoe's fault over at Splodz Blogz, she made a post this week about a couple of games she's been playing on her iPad and one of them looked so much fun that I just had to try it out for myself.
It's a bit like the games I love playing on Facebook where you have to build things to raise money to be able to build new things. You get tasks to complete which advance you through Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-60332393825307927832013-02-17T07:59:00.001+00:002013-02-17T07:59:32.664+00:00My First: Hair MaskI know I have won some of these a few times over the years but my hair's always been in really good condition so I've given most away to friends and family. Unfortunately I had to use one recently, a set of hair products I was sent to trial left my hair extremely dry and brittle after 2 uses (yes I did stop using them then and reported this to the company) so I needed to find something to help meKim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-14970766199698034442013-02-16T13:08:00.000+00:002013-02-16T13:08:01.753+00:00My First: Passport!Yes, I know I probably should have got myself one of these years ago but the need just didn't arise until recently but anyway I started the process in December and finally this week I received my first passport.
I really cant wait to use it, there are so many firsts I can have from this one too, first flight, first time in each country, there are so many to look forward to :-DKim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-19268386019336026512013-02-02T07:34:00.000+00:002013-02-02T07:34:05.347+00:00I will be back .... again!I had such a promising start to the year with this blog didn't I? And I really did mean to keep it going but sometimes life gets in the way sadly. I know some of you know what is going on with me but I wanted to explain here as well incase anyone had missed it and thought I'd just given up on my blogging challenge to myself this year (I haven't by the way, it's just on hold temporarily)
A week Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-50585715228495963682013-01-13T12:26:00.000+00:002013-01-13T12:26:59.584+00:00My First: White Chocolate Lion Bar!Last year my friend Kym (yes this one is all your fault!lol) told me about white chocolate lion bars, I'd never heard of them before but was instantly curious. I used to love normal lion bars but for the past few years Nestle milk chocolate has given me terrible heartburn so I have avoided it. Their white chocolate however has not presented me with any problems which made me even more keen to tryKim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-25510893898048128932013-01-02T16:34:00.000+00:002013-01-02T16:34:36.715+00:00Be careful what you ask for ...... around me!Me: Do you want a mince pie?
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Me: hot?
Dave: Yes
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Yes there is a mince pie under all that cream!lolKim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-24527200322743599972013-01-01T16:13:00.000+00:002013-01-01T16:17:00.215+00:001st First on the 1st!
Well, I've already done something that I've never done before, I've set myself a list of things I'd like to win and written them down here!
Each year there seems to be one challenge or another and I join in to some which appeal to me, fun ones I remember were winning the Alphabet and win a prize a day, both were quite difficult to complete and so last year I set an easy one (to win less tat) Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-80141535911234847232013-01-01T12:38:00.001+00:002013-01-01T16:17:12.931+00:00A year of Firsts!I've decided to set myself a fun challenge this year, something that will stretch me a bit and I'm not sure I'll be able to complete but it should be fun and I really hope I'll keep it going this time! :-)
I've decided to try something new every week this year, from a new recipe or food to new genre's in music/film and books right through to getting my first passport, going on my first foreign Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-57231704883974927472012-08-17T15:10:00.000+01:002012-08-17T15:10:06.021+01:00Walkers Deep Ridged CrispsA couple of weeks ago the lovely Sam at Walkers Crisps Twitter asked me if I'd like to try out their new crisps and tell all of you about them. Well, I wasn't going to turn him down now was I?lol
On Monday a box appeared in my doorway, I eagerly opened it and I was amazed at the size of the bags! They're quite a bit bigger than the ones I'm used to (these weigh 50g) they're more like the grab Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-5417021879729672072012-07-06T16:28:00.000+01:002012-07-06T16:28:45.443+01:00Samsung Olympic Pins competition!I had a really lovely surprise this week, amazingly my application to become a Samsung Mobiler was accepted YAY! After seeing Alison (Dragons&Fairydust) and Chris (Mummy of 3 Diaries) hard at work with this over the last year I have to say I'm a bit nervous but mostly excited to see what the year ahead will bring!
My first task has just arrived in my inbox and that is to let you all know about Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-86514901205522053352012-05-06T14:09:00.000+01:002012-05-06T14:09:14.444+01:00Easy Home Bake - Oaty Cookie DoughAs I'm a BzzAgent I sometimes get products to test and on this occasion it is a very yummy one!
I joined up to a campaign to test the new Tesco Easy Home Bake range. I was sent some vouchers to gain some free products and more to share around. I exchanged one of my vouchers for the Oaty Cookie Dough and have just made and tasted them.
Calling the range 'Easy home Bake' doesn't even come close,Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-10638745537778873532012-04-27T16:05:00.000+01:002012-04-27T16:06:29.546+01:00Some oddness!Over the Christmas period I received quite a few packages most days and achieved quite a collection of rubber bands. It made me wonder how many I get in a year so starting on the 1st of January this year I collected each band that came with the post (and only Royal Mail deliveries counted in this) and made them into a ball. Here's a picture of where my pet band ball is up to now along with a coinKim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-54183954063486601442012-04-25T22:13:00.000+01:002012-04-25T22:13:07.704+01:00Now and to come!Well, as expected I put on a little over my Birthday and Easter but not much and my fitness is getting better and better all the time. My skirt size has gone down again which I'm really happy about especially as we have an event to go to this weekend and I hope that I might give some people a surprise, well, maybe anyway. It's amazing how much of a difference it makes wearing the right sizes Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-66318999007859768302012-03-19T11:33:00.001+00:002012-03-19T16:36:24.177+00:00Confessing and a new startIt's obviously been a very long time since I last posted on here and even longer since I have done any sort of update on whats happening with my weight loss and so I think it's about time I came clean, confessed and started keeping this blog again as it DID help me and I found it fun to do.
And so to my confession, I got bored of the diet food, started trying to add different things into my dietKim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-25787567112516524062011-11-03T22:49:00.000+00:002011-11-03T22:49:31.071+00:00The Night before Christmas by Scarlett BaileyI received a copy of this book after applying for one from the Ebury Women's Fiction Facebook page last month and very happily I was one of the lucky few to receive a copy.
All Lydia's ever wanted is a perfect Christmas...
So when her oldest friends invite her to spend the holidays with them, it seems like a dream come true. She's been promised log fires, roasted chestnuts, her own weight in Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-67625904075673802912011-10-29T17:42:00.001+01:002011-11-01T17:41:41.991+00:00Legacy by Danielle SteelI was sent this book as I'm part of the Transworld book group (see here for details)
I have to say right here that I chose this book purely because of who the author is, I have read many Danielle Steel novels and have loved each and every one of them and being given the opportunity to read this one as part of the book group was not something I could pass up.
A tale of love, courage and family, Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-31872380962712077722011-10-21T22:17:00.002+01:002011-11-01T17:46:09.511+00:00The Watchtower by Lee CarrollAfter having read Black Swan Rising I just had to get hold of a copy of this book and read it to find out what happened next with Garet and Will. You should note right here that you really do need to read these books in order, reading this one before the first will spoil elements in that one for you but they are so well written that I know you will love both and like me be eagerly anticipating Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-26878170140060738192011-10-13T19:01:00.002+01:002011-11-01T17:43:50.158+00:00GlossyboxI was recently one of the lucky winners of a previous Glossybox from a competition run on BooandMe which excited me as I've seen some of the rave reviews about these boxes and have been thinking that they look really fun to get. Well today the postman brought me this:
Ohhhh so I was pretty excited when I got my hands on this, it does look very pretty doesn't it :-) So I carefully opened the box Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-72707508354039371962011-10-10T20:49:00.001+01:002011-11-01T17:44:55.606+00:00Nothing but Trouble by Rachel GibsonI was sent this book as I'm part of the Transworld book group (see here for details)
This is the third of the books I have chosen to review and I was so happy to receive this one, I've not read any by this author before but I've really grown a passion for these frothy chicklit books over recent years which has made quite a difference to my previous favourite of gruesome horror novels!
Chelsea Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-31268757878209452762011-10-10T00:14:00.001+01:002011-11-01T17:45:43.540+00:00Presumed Dead by Shirley WellsI received this book from the Author as part of the First Reads promotion on the Goodreads website.
Having developed a taste for crime mysteries lately I was very happy to hear that I would be receiving a copy of this book to read and review. It's the second in the Dylan Scott Mysteries, the first being 'Dead Silent' which I have yet to read but this was not a problem in picking up the story Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4965535535685067594.post-8150395087226341362011-10-06T21:18:00.001+01:002011-11-01T17:46:33.336+00:00Vax Air Pet cylinder vacuum cleanerLast year I was made aware that Vax were recruiting for a panel of testers known as Vax Voice. Each month one of their products would be offered to the members and 15 people would be chosen from all those who applied to test it. I've been clicking my link each month and hoping to see my name on the 'lucky list' for as long as I've been a member and about 2 weeks ago when the latest list came out Kim Clewerhttps://plus.google.com/110564792751342994766noreply@blogger.com0